You knew he’d have to find some way to deflect attention from the fact that Sarin was confirmed in an insurgent bomb in Iraq. And, sure enough, he did. His kicker: “Whether the shell came from inside or outside Iraq has yet to be determined.”
KRAUTHAMMER ON GAS: I was only kidding when I said that “you read it here first” in mentioning Charles Krauthammer’s sane endorsement of a gas tax. Both he and Gregg Easterbrook have been in support of this for a long, long time, and didn’t need any prompting from yours truly. In fact, Charles was advocating this as far back as the mid-1980s, when it might have made a real difference. He was ignored then. He’ll be ignored today. But he’s still right.
The Dish 